Eating more fruits and vegetables may prevent millions of premature deaths
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By Kate Wighton
A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.
This is the finding of new research, led by scientists from Imperial College London, which analysed 95 studies on fruit and vegetable intake.
The team found that although even the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduced disease risk, the greatest benefit came from eating 800g a day (roughly equivalent to ten portions – one portion of fruit or vegetables is defined as 80g).
The study, which was a meta-analysis of all available research in populations worldwide, included up to two million people, and assessed up to 43,000 cases of heart disease, 47,000 cases of stroke, 81,000 cases of cardiovascular disease, 112,000 cancer cases and 94,000 deaths.
"Our results suggest that although five portions of fruit and vegetables is good, ten a day is even better."
– Dr Dagfinn Aune, Study author
In the research, which i...
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